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| PRESIDENT MOHAMMAD MORSI OF EGYPT |
Keeping silent in the face of tyranny
and injustice is the hallmark of cowardice. When those who are expected to
stand up for truth when it matters most decide to maintain silence or feign
indifference, then, the entire humanity is in trouble. In this kind of
atmosphere, the tyrants-individuals and nations-will trampled mercilessly and with
impunity upon the rights of the masses. They will not stop at that. They will
turn their lives into expendable commodities at will.
The above aptly explains the scenario
now as events continue to unfold in Egypt after the infamous U.S-backed and
Gulf monarchs-endorsed ouster of the country’s first freely elected democratic
President on July 3, 2013.
Personally, I never expected anything
short of what the self-acclaimed champion of democracy and human right, United
States, is currently exhibiting. It is no surprise at all. The country has
proved over the years that its democratic postures are only a façade to deceive
the world. It has different standards for different countries base on its
usually selfish and ego-tending interests. No need to expound more on this.
The
world knows where the U.S stands on the issue of Egypt’s coup, which it after
all, sponsored.
Other allies of the U.S on their parts have been shouting in deafening silence in their condemnation of the coup. Like their America counterpart, they have not come out categorically to describe the charade as a coup. They continue to urge for a return to democratic path without calling for the reinstatement of the ousted President.
Except Turkey, Tunisia, Sudan,
Nigeria and few other respectable countries that spoke loudly and continue to
reject the coup, all others have maintained silence.
It is worthy of note the silence of the powers-that-be and the indifference of the Gulf Monarchs is undoubtedly laying a precedent, a dangerous one for that matter. Their actions is now a license for other potential coup plotters to come on stage especially in a continent like ours that has a rich history of undemocratic take-over of power.
It will
not be any surprising if the military in Greece, Bulgaria and other European
states where citizens are protesting austerity measures introduced by their
governments to improve battered economies, sack the governments. It will also
not be unjustifiable for such military to kill and harass citizens who dare
challenge them. Yes, this is because, a precedence has been laid in Egypt and justified
by the United States of America as ‘expression of people’s will.’
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| PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT MORSI |
Let me state that those who refuse to
speak up now may regret not doing so in not too distant future. What has
happened in Egypt is a clear case of injustice. Attempt to call it another name,
as being done by the U.S, is tantamount to standing the truth on it head.
One thing I know is that the cradle
of civilisation will bounce back and when it does, it is only those who stood
by it genuinely now that will stand tall among the true leaders of mankind.
